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More About This Title Human Geography in Action, Fifth Edition
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Preface for the Student xv
CHAPTER 1
True Maps, False Impressions:
Making, Manipulating, and Interpreting Maps
Introduction 1
Case Study 11
Activity 1: Scale 15
Activity 2: Thematic Maps 21
Definitions of Key Terms 32
CHAPTER 2
Layers of Tradition:
Culture Regions at Different Scales
Introduction 34
Case Study 40
Activity 1: Mapping Culture Regions 49
Activity 2: Culture Traits of Your Culture Sub-region 53
Activity 3: Regional Imagery 57
Definitions of Key Terms 60
CHAPTER 3
Tracking the AIDS Epidemic in the United States:
Diffusion through Space and Time
Introduction 62
Case Study 70
Activity 1: Mapping Diffusion of AIDS 75
Activity 2: AIDS Rates and Distance from
Initial Centers 79
Activity 3: S-Curves 83
Definitions of Key Terms 86
CHAPTER 4
Newton's First Law of Migration:
The Gravity Model
Introduction 89
Case Study 97
Activity 1: Predicting Migration with the Gravity Model 10
Activity 2: Scatter Diagram 105
Activity 3: Residual Map 107
Activity 4: Evaluation 109
Definitions of Key Terms 110
CHAPTER 5
One Billion and Counting:
The Hidden Momentum of Population
Growth in India
Introduction 112
Case Study 122
Activity 1: Matching Demographic Descriptions with
Population Pyramids 127
Activity 2: Demographic Momentum 129
Activity 3: Interpreting Population Change 135
Definitions of Key Terms 136
CHAPTER 6
Help Wanted:
The Changing Geography of Jobs
Introduction 137
Case Study 148
Activity 1: Regional Economic Specialization 153
Activity 2: Regional Multipliers 173
Definitions of Key Terms 175
CHAPTER 7
Rags and Riches:
The Dimensions of Development
Introduction 177
Case Study 194
Activity 1: Economic Model of Development 201
Activity 2: Human Welfare Model of Development 203 1
Activity 3: Comparing Economic Development and Human
Welfare Development Models 205
Activity 4: Alternative Indicators of Development 209
Definitions of Key Terns 213
CHAPTER 8
Food for Thought:
The Globalization of Agriculture
Introduction 215
Case Study 223
Activity 1: Agricultural Landscapes and
Production Methods 227
Activity 2: Global Sources for Your
Local Supermarket 235
Activity 3: Remote Sensing and Agricultural
Land-Use Change 239
Definitions of Key Terms 247
CHAPTER 9
Take Me Out to the Ball Game:
Market Areas and the Urban Hierarchy
Introduction 249
Case Study 254
Activity 1: Threshold of a Function 261
Activity 2: Market Area Geography 267
Definitions of Key Terms 277
CHAPTER 10
Reading the Urban Landscape:
Census Data and Field Observation
Introduction 278
Case Study 289
Activity 1: Census Tract Data 291
Activity 2: Field Survey 297
Definitions of Key Terms 301
CHAPTER 11
The Disappearing Front Range:
Urban Sprawl in Colorado
Introduction 303
Case Study 313
Activity 1: Transportation and Urban Growth 317
Activity 2: Urban Sprawl Scenario Analysis 321
Activity 3: Urban Sprawl Debate and Consensus
Building 325
Definitions of Key Terms 331
CHAPTER 12
Do Orange and Green Clash?
Residential Segregation in Northern Ireland
Introduction 333
Case Study 338
Activity 1: Mapping Religious Affiliation 343
Activity 2: Index of Segregation 347
Definitions of Key Terms 354
CHAPTER 13
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do:
Nations, States, and Nation-States
Introduction 356
Case Study 365
Activity 1: The Rise of Nationalism and the Fall of
Yugoslavia 367
Activity 2: Iraqaphobia 393
Definitions of Key Terms 442
CHAPTER 14
Preserving the Planet:
Human Impact on Environmental Systems
Introduction 444
Case Study 460
Activity I: Environmental Impacts (IPAT) by Development
Category 465
Activity 2: Human-Environment Systems Analysis 471
Activity 3: Conflicting Viewpoints on Environmental
Problems 473
Definitions of Key Terms 483
APPENDIX
Reference Maps
North American Cities 485
North America 487
World Map 488
Index 491
Photo Credits 495
